UK Mail appoints Tony Smollett as new group IT head

Parcels and logistics company UK Mail has appointed Tony Smollett as its new group IT director.

Smollett brings 28 years of experience from working at companies including Halfords, Homebase, Boots, Mars and IBM.

He joins UK Mail from Albemarle and Bond Holdings, the pawnbroking, money lending and jewellery company, where he was head of IT and took responsibility for all strategic and operational aspects of IT.

UK Mail said Smollett's past successful projects included successfully implementing a new distribution centre, a new data centre, multiple ecommerce operations, and upgraded core systems over an 18-month period at Halfords.